What do people with dementia see?

Question

What are some examples of a twisted perception by the brain of somebody with dementia.

My gran would look out at all the houses on the street and see a circus she attended when she was young.

any other examples?

Answer 1

another dimension

Answer 2

I'm not quite sure. I know that the Wrestler Chris Beniot, he was the one who slaughtered his family, was dianogosed with a severe case of dementia from the years of drug abuse and head tramua. So it's reason to believe that dementia made him see enough stuff, or at least believe in it, to kill his wife and son.

Answer 3

Imagined conversations such as phone calls from work

Answer 4

depends on the person.....most people do not hallucinate, but they can (such as w/ ur grandma).....usually people remeber and "see" stuff from their childhood and their other experiences early in life because their hippocampus (the part of the brain that stores long term memories) usually works better than the parts that store short-term memories

Answer 5

Well,I guess it really depends on the person.

Answer 6

Sometimes i see gorgeous mermaids dancing outside in my pool. well ther not always in my pool but kinda floating on tops on rafts and in the air. Well there not even on rafts. more like flying at high speed right over my pool. And box fans...box fans circiling slowly around them keeping them cool in the immense heat. Wait, those arent mermaids, or box fans. Wait maybe they are. they are! Actually no. Mermaids dont have wings. Do they?

DANGIT!

Answer 7

They can see anything their mind can come up with, sometimes insanely funny to everyone else, and they truly believe what they think they see.

Answer 8

They see the same things as you and I see. But they have problems with image recognition. Like putting names to faces, etc. They also can have problems doing ordinary daily things because they forget how to do things. It can be a crippling disorder.

Answer 9

unrelated.  

Answer 10

My grandmother thought she was ice skating  (and would make the foot movements) when in reality she was in a wheelchair.  

Answer 11

Dementia is more about not being able to remember.

Answer 12

you?

Its often just a failure of us or even professionals to understand,  or a failure of the "someone" to communicate their expression accurately.  Your gran might be remembering various buildings or tents at a circus, and there is something about those houses that reminds her.

Answer 13

I know a 96 year old lady who was in a nursing home due to dementia. I guess she saw her past life, like when she was a little girl. This normally well behaved sweet little lady started peeing in the laundry hamper in the bathroom. They finally stuck it in a closet and she quit doing it, but the therapist surmised it reminded her of an outhouse.

Answer 14

My grandma thinks that shes a secret agent and talks to fidel castro and gorbachev all the time

Answer 15

My brother is schizophrenic.  He thought he actually interacted with people who weren't there--such as a man who lived in his apartment building and had his hand cut off--did not exist.